April, 29th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Friday 29, 2005:
2005 Apple releases Mac OS X v10.4

Thursday 29, 2004:
Richard Cheney and George W. Bush testify before the 9/11 Commission in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office.

Monday 29, 2002:
The United States is re-elected to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, one year after losing the seat it had held for 50 years.

Tuesday 29, 1997:
The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories.

Wednesday 29, 1992:
1992 Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, California, follow the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 54 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.

Tuesday 29, 1975:
Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind – The last U.S. citizens begin evacuation from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover. United States involvement in the war comes to an end.

Monday 29, 1974:
Watergate Scandal: President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings related to the scandal.

Wednesday 29, 1970:
Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.

Tuesday 29, 1969:
Jazz musician Duke Ellington receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Saturday 29, 1967:
After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.

Monday 29, 1946:
Former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders are indicted for war crimes.

Sunday 29, 1945:
Holocaust: The Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.

Saturday 29, 1944:
"Dancing Romeo," the last Our Gang film, premiers.

Saturday 29, 1916:
Easter Rebellion: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin.

Friday 29, 1910:
Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.

Wednesday 29, 1903:
A 30 million cubic-metre landslide kills 70 in Frank, Alberta, Canada.

Tuesday 29, 1862:
American Civil War: New Orleans falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut.

Monday 29, 1861:
American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union

Saturday 29, 1854:
The Ashmun Institute is officially chartered, becoming the first college for African American students.

Sunday 29, 1770:
James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay, Australia.

Friday 29, 1672:
Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands.

Wednesday 29, 1429:
Battle of Orléans: French troops led by Joan of Arc lifted the English siege of Orléans, a turning point in the Hundred Years' War.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/29-april/on-this-day.html


People born on April 29

1988:
Thomas Kennedy, one cool dude (b: April 29, 1988) (Biography of Thomas Kennedy)

1980:
Kian Egan, Irish musician (Westlife) (b: April 29, 1980) (Biography of Kian Egan)

1977:
Claus Jensen, Danish footballer (b: April 29, 1977) (Biography of Claus Jensen)

1975:
Eric Koston, Thai-born skateboarder (b: April 29, 1975) (Biography of Eric Koston)

1970:
Andre Agassi, American tennis player (b: April 29, 1970) (Biography of Andre Agassi)
Uma Thurman, American actress (b: April 29, 1970) (Biography of Uma Thurman)

1968:
Carnie Wilson, American singer (b: April 29, 1968) (Biography of Carnie Wilson)

1967:
Curtis Joseph, Canadian hockey player (b: April 29, 1967) (Biography of Curtis Joseph)
Master P, American rapper, composer, actor, athlete, and sports agent (b: April 29, 1967) (Biography of Master P)

1966:
Phil Tufnell, English cricketer (b: April 29, 1966) (Biography of Phil Tufnell)

1964:
Federico Castelluccio, Italian-American actor (b: April 29, 1964) (Biography of Federico Castelluccio)

1960:
Robert J. Sawyer, Canadian writer (b: April 29, 1960) (Biography of Robert J. Sawyer)

1958:
Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress (b: April 29, 1958) (Biography of Michelle Pfeiffer)
Eve Plumb, American actress (b: April 29, 1958) (Biography of Eve Plumb)

1957:
Daniel Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish actor (b: April 29, 1957) (Biography of Daniel Day-Lewis)

1955:
Kate Mulgrew, American actress (b: April 29, 1955) (Biography of Kate Mulgrew)

1954:
Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian (b: April 29, 1954) (Biography of Jerry Seinfeld)

1952:
David Icke, British writer (b: April 29, 1952) (Biography of David Icke)
Nora Dunn, American actress (b: April 29, 1952) (Biography of Nora Dunn)

1951:
Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (b: April 29, 1951 ; d: February 18, 2001) (Biography of Dale Earnhardt)

1947:
Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian philosopher (b: April 29, 1947) (Biography of Olavo de Carvalho)
Tommy James, American musician (b: April 29, 1947) (Biography of Tommy James)
Jim Ryun, American athlete and politician (b: April 29, 1947) (Biography of Jim Ryun)

1946:
John Waters, American film director and writer (b: April 29, 1946) (Biography of John Waters (filmmaker))

1945:
Tammi Terrell, American singer (b: April 29, 1945 ; d: March 16, 1970) (Biography of Tammi Terrell)

1944:
Richard Kline, American actor and television director (b: April 29, 1944) (Biography of Richard Kline)

1942:
Klaus Voormann, German illustrator and musician (b: April 29, 1942) (Biography of Klaus Voormann)

1938:
Fred Dibnah, English television personality (b: April 29, 1938 ; d: November 6, 2004) (Biography of Fred Dibnah)

1937:
Jill Paton Walsh, English writer (b: April 29, 1937) (Biography of Jill Paton Walsh)

1936:
Zubin Mehta, Indian-born American conductor (b: April 29, 1936) (Biography of Zubin Mehta)

1934:
Otis Rush, American musician (b: April 29, 1934) (Biography of Otis Rush)
Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan baseball player (b: April 29, 1934) (Biography of Luis Aparicio)

1933:
Mark Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium (b: April 29, 1933) (Biography of Mark Eyskens)
Rod McKuen, American poet and composer (b: April 29, 1933) (Biography of Rod McKuen)

1931:
Frank Auerbach, German-born British painter (b: April 29, 1931) (Biography of Frank Auerbach)
Lonnie Donegan, Scottish musician (b: April 29, 1931 ; d: November 3, 2002) (Biography of Lonnie Donegan)

1930:
Jean Rochefort, French actor (b: April 29, 1930) (Biography of Jean Rochefort)

1929:
Walter Kempowski, German author (b: April 29, 1929) (Biography of Walter Kempowski)
Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer (b: April 29, 1929) (Biography of Peter Sculthorpe)

1925:
Ned Austin, American character actor (b: April 29, 1925) (Biography of Ned Austin)

1920:
Harold Shapero, American composer (b: April 29, 1920) (Biography of Harold Shapero)

1918:
George Allen, American football player and coach (b: April 29, 1918) (Biography of George Allen (football))

1917:
Celeste Holm, American actress (b: April 29, 1917) (Biography of Celeste Holm)

1909:
Tom Ewell, American actor (b: April 29, 1909 ; d: September 12, 1994) (Biography of Tom Ewell)

1907:
Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born American film director (b: April 29, 1907 ; d: March 14, 1997) (Biography of Fred Zinnemann)

1901:
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (b: April 29, 1901 ; d: January 7, 1989) (Biography of Hirohito)

1899:
Duke Ellington, American jazz pianist and bandleader (b: April 29, 1899 ; d: May 24, 1974) (Biography of Duke Ellington)

1895:
Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (b: April 29, 1895 ; d: October 3, 1967) (Biography of Malcolm Sargent)

1893:
Harold Urey, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: April 29, 1893) (Biography of Harold Urey)

1885:
Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author (b: April 29, 1885) (Biography of Egon Erwin Kisch)

1879:
Sir Thomas Beecham, English conductor (b: April 29, 1879 ; d: March 8, 1961) (Biography of Thomas Beecham)

1863:
William Randolph Hearst, American publisher (b: April 29, 1863 ; d: August 14, 1951) (Biography of William Randolph Hearst)

1780:
Charles Nodier, French writer (b: April 29, 1780) (Biography of Charles Nodier)

1762:
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshal (b: April 29, 1762 ; d: November 23, 1833) (Biography of Jean-Baptiste Jourdan)

1727:
Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and ballet master (b: April 29, 1727 ; d: November 19, 1810) (Biography of Jean-Georges Noverre)

1686:
Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b: April 29, 1686 ; d: January 1, 1742) (Biography of Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven)

1667:
John Arbuthnot, English physician and satirist (b: April 29, 1667 ; d: February 27, 1735) (Biography of John Arbuthnot)

1665:
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (b: April 29, 1665 ; d: November 16, 1745) (Biography of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/29-april/births.html

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People who died on April 29

2005:
William J. Bell (d: April 29, 2005) (Biography of William J. Bell)

1997:
Mike Royko (d: April 29, 1997) (Biography of Mike Royko)

1993:
Mick Ronson, English guitarist (b: May 26, 1946 ; d: April 29, 1993) (Biography of Mick Ronson)

1988:
James McCracken, American tenor (b: December 16, 1926 ; d: April 29, 1988) (Biography of James McCracken)

1980:
Alfred Hitchcock (d: April 29, 1980) (Biography of Alfred Hitchcock)

1966:
William Eccles, English radio pioneer (b: August 23, 1875 ; d: April 29, 1966) (Biography of William Eccles)

1951:
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born English philosopher (b: April 26, 1889 ; d: April 29, 1951) (Biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein)

1944:
Bernardino Machado, Portuguese President (b: March 28, 1851 ; d: April 29, 1944) (Biography of Bernardino Machado)

1937:
William Gillette, American actor and author (b: July 24, 1853 ; d: April 29, 1937) (Biography of William Gillette)

1933:
Constantine P. Cavafy (d: April 29, 1933) (Biography of Constantine P. Cavafy)

1854:
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (b: May 17, 1768 ; d: April 29, 1854) (Biography of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey)

1768:
Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and minerologist (b: June 26, 1694 ; d: April 29, 1768) (Biography of Georg Brandt)

1743:
Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (b: February 18, 1658 ; d: April 29, 1743) (Biography of Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre)

1707:
George Farquhar (d: April 29, 1707) (Biography of George Farquhar)

1698:
Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b: December 28, 1655 ; d: April 29, 1698) (Biography of Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis)

1688:
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (d: April 29, 1688) (Biography of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg)

1676:
Michiel de Ruyter (d: April 29, 1676) (Biography of Michiel de Ruyter)

1658:
John Cleveland, English poet (b: June 16, 1613 ; d: April 29, 1658) (Biography of John Cleveland)

1630:
Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (b: February 8, 1552 ; d: April 29, 1630) (Biography of Agrippa d'Aubigné)

1594:
Thomas Cooper (bishop) (d: April 29, 1594) (Biography of Thomas Cooper (bishop))

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/29-april/deaths.html